I would like to create a directory tree up to a certain "depth". This directory tree has sub directories, and those sub directories have even more subdirectories, all up to a certain depth.

I've spent half of the day trying to do this recursively, but for some reason, only the first directory of each level has subdirectories.

FYI, here is a stripped down version of the code I have: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use Cwd;

sub MakeDirs($$$)
{
    #my $current_dir = getcwd();
    my($base, $num_dirs, $depth) = @_;

    #if depth = 0, no more subdirectories need to be created
    if($depth == 0)
    {
        return 0;
    }

    #change the directory
    chdir $base;

    #Create directories on the current level
    my $dir_name = "a";
    for($x = 0; $x < $num_dirs; $x++)
    {
        mkdir $dir_name;
        $dir_name++;
    }

    #recurse over subdirectories
    $dir_name = "a";
    for($x = 0; $x < $num_dirs; $x++)
    {
        MakeDirs($dir_name, $num_dirs, $depth-1);
        $dir_name++;
    }
    return 0;
}

MakeDirs("/hpq/", 2, 3);

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I would use File::Recurse, but the files/directories haven't been created yet. Thanks for any suggestions. This script is driving me crazy!

Originally posted as a Categorized Question.

In reply to How do I recursively create a directory tree/filesystem? by fensterblick

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